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The AMBER Alert Program, named for 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and transportation agencies to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. Broadcasters use the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to air a description of the abducted child and suspected abductor. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and safe recovery of the child.

Researchers tell us sex offenders can be “treated”, but in essence, they would have to submit themselves for treatment. The urge to assault children, have sex with children, or even view naked children has been labeled offensive as well it should be. Pedophiles need to be subjected to as much treatment as necessary.

Check these websites: FamilySafetyGuardian.com or Registeredoffenderlist.org. They will give you information about child molesters living in your area. Talk to your children. Make them aware of people who want to hurt them. When in doubt, check with your local officials or police department to see if there is a discussion group you can check out. Talk to the school. Maybe they can have someone talk to the children in your area about abductions and what to do. We need to educate our children of the monsters out there who might want to hurt them. Keep the children safe.

The 5 year old from Massachusetts was decapitated by her own 23 year old brother. He had stabbed his 17 year old sister who was able to call 911. When police arrived he had a knife at his sister’s neck and used such force in cutting her throat that he decapitated her. Police killed him. There had been other calls about domestic abuse at this same house concerning the brother.

In California on Friday 8 year old Sandra Cantu went missing. After school she had asked her mom if she could play with a friend just a few houses away. Given permission she did go to that friend’s house where she played for a while before going to the park. This is in a mobile home park where there are less than 100 houses. She was seen on surveillance camera footage playing in the park. She went to visit a second friend, but no one knows if she ever got there. Her parents reported her missing at 8 p.m. An Amber alert was issued and police have been combing the entire area, checking mobile homes by going door to door. The one thing that bothered me about this story is that there are 80 registered sex offenders within 5 miles of this child’s home. Just like Haleigh Cummings story.

We need to protect our children better. Parents, don’t let your child walk even a few doors away without going with her. Don’t let children out of your sight! And make sure your child knows what to do if someone should try to grab them. Scream as loud as you can. Kick, bite, scratch. Aim for the jugular or eyes. Check with the local police department to learn more. We need to keep our children as safe as possible.

Now we have another little child taken from someone who loved her very much. She is with her father, but what kind of person is he to have a child? He apparently murdered the mother. We very much need to be on the alert for missing children. Go to the National Missing and Exploited Children’s website for more information. Pray for this little girl, too.